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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
Progress Gauge

People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Japanese Sri Lanka 2,400 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.87 % 1
Japanese China 6,900 Japanese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Japanese Northern Mariana Islands 800 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Denmark 1,800 Japanese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Dominica 900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Dominican Republic 1,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Finland 1,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % 1
Japanese Micronesia, Federated States 800 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese France 30,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Germany 36,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Guam 2,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Greece 1,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.60 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese China, Hong Kong 10,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Japanese Indonesia 14,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.30 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Italy 6,200 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Japan 117,205,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % ● 2,344
Japanese Korea, South 52,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Mexico 5,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Malaysia 16,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Netherlands 5,500 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % 1
Japanese New Zealand 25,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Paraguay 7,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Peru 163,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 3
Japanese Panama 2,300 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Japanese Portugal 700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % 1
Totals:  7,186 People Groups   3,424,947,000             71,685
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